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I looked up at the figure in front of me. He towered, motionless, at least 20 feet above my head. He held an ax, as long as I am tall, in both his hands. I raised my camera for a picture, my left eye squinting through the viewfinder. “Folks in Bangor aren’t going to like […]

All my hard riding over dirt, through the rain and into the woods — not to mention my melted pants — paid off in the end. Out of 117 riders from all over the country, plus a few from the rest of the globe, I placed ninth in this year’s Ural National Rally . I’m […]

As some of you already know, I belong to a Russian collective. I ride a sidecar motorcycle, made in Russia. It’s called a Ural. It’s not fast. It’s not high tech. Gezum crow, it doesn’t even have a gas gauge. But boy, oh boy, comrade, is it fun to ride, and fix and ride some […]

I’m a little late posting this, but I competed in the Ural National Rally Day in September. I placed 14th worldwide with a score of 1,347. Not too shabby if I do say so myself. Ural riders worldwide hit the road on a scavenger hunt Saturday Sept. 8, gaining points for photos collected and kilometers ridden […]

Troy R. Bennett

Troy R. Bennett is a Buxton native and longtime Portland resident whose photojournalism has appeared in media outlets all over the world.